The Dead Lizard - A Thought

There is a room that stinks because of a dead lizard in one of its corners. There are a bunch of professionals, all belonging to a particular group, who notice the room that stinks and discuss on a WhatsApp group, ways to get rid of the stench.

One suggests an air freshener be sprayed inside the room. Another suggests a new perfume to be brought from the latest perfumery to be used inside. Another one suggests issues with the walls of the room. The most brilliant one suggests (even) demolishing the room to build a new one.

Yet, none of the apparently "highly educated and skilled" professionals identifies that it is a dead lizard that is the cause of the foul smell and subsequently picks it up, throws it away, and mops the floor. Other than that one simple solution, every other possibility will be discussed for even 24 hours at a stretch and the participants leave for work the next morning with the satisfaction that they contributed their two cents to the global cause.

Let's imagine, somebody sensible points out the dead lizard and tells them that the only solution they need to solve the issue is to remove the corpse and clean the floor, they could be sure 98% might not have seen the dead lizard until then, and the remaining 2% who claims to have spotted it, would reply that they have not received specific orders from the top to pick up the dead lizard and that it is not within their discretionary powers to do so even if it means solving the issue.

Still, they would do nothing to procure such an order from wherever they believe the "top" is, or at least be sensible enough to keep their mouth shut in the meantime, acknowledging their worthlessness in performing even such a simple task. They would continue blabbering on WhatsApp, providing "novel" suggestions and recommendations to get rid of the stench just to undeservingly keep the limelight on themselves.

The irony is that such blockheads will be honoured as well, at later celebrations of the professional group, for their "priceless" participation in such apparently "logical" discussions.

Fate…!!!